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Takeing pictures of Christmas lights
 
Can anyone share any suggestions, tips, on taking pictures of Christmas lights. There are so many beautifully decorated homes it would be nice to get pictures of them.
 
 
It depends somewhat on your camera. Some cameras will force the flash as the sole means of exposure. That might be OK, or it might not. I like to get the colored lights to show, and then I like a little ambient glow on the tree branches between the lights. So, I see what the camera wants to expose for a straight flash shot, and then I slow down the shutter a notch or two from there. Tripod, of course. If you have snow, then forget everything I just stated. Snow will be bright, and you can get reflections off the snow, but you'll have to meter off the reflections, which will be difficult. Tripod, of course of course.
 

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